national service

Example Sentences

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Upon graduation from high school they are expected to either serve in the military or do some other form of national service.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Instead, he reasons that he might be assigned other tasks, based on the skills and experience he has gained since his national service two decades ago.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

They can become instruments of the state and be called upon to perform national service, as investors saw during the 2008 financial crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

In recent weeks, both France and Germany have outlined plans for voluntary national service.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025

That every human being in a country be conscripted to devote a certain part of his or her life to national service.

From Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights by Miller, Kelly